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I asked for it and

failed

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to obtain it; but that same

officer who had

little service

very

given

home appointment which had been denied to me

Another Lieut-General

junior to

not so in

ne

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age

محمد

the list but

received

appointment over

my

arr

head

although he had completed his five years in his last command, while I, owing to promotion had

--

only

three

Đóng trong

out of my five at But such was the critical state of affairs when

war

seemed so imminent that, I cannot help regarding it act of simple cruelly soldier's heart to have

As

to

arr

my

ma de

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turn.

on my port after

back

my

had

perfected the arrangemente

for meeting the danger, and

Mao

enabled to write

to the Gover.

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follows:

" Sir

it

Head Quarter House.

23rd January 1885

283

"I have the honour to acknowledge the copies of

of

the proclamation neutrality which just

received.

I have:

"Your Excellency may

rest assured that I shall

all

necessa

gary.

Measurla

the terms of it

take to enforce

whenever yo

upon

anc

The reason.

may

to do so.

"I have, etc

Life

200

Call

prompt:

in sending him this assurance. was because of a copy of a despatch he sent me, from which I learned that doubts. existed in the Cabinet as

our

ability to uphold neutrality laws. Ha

showed me

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to

the

aloo

letter from

a prominent official in which fears

белег

expressed

that he (Sir George Bowen) would

be

made prisoner.

This timidity in

England

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